wah was posting discussion board posting for my public admin module till now. wanted to spend quiet time but decided to relac a lil by blogging. i found many rather interesting websites on politics during my quest for information to post up on the discussion board. more than half of what i read was about how our current stagnating political environment needs a change. every site is talking about it. it'd seem silly to just go with the flow though i think their comments are valid to a certain degree. but really i'd like to find out for myself if this is indeed the case. (that's of course assuming that i am diligent enough to do so.)

anyway, a break from the academic work. i think this past week i've been seeing too many people stressing up over work, it's suffocating. not that i'm suffocating but seeing them suffocating makes me feel a lil suffocated. lol. if you get what i mean. and this has been an increasing trend. i do not think that there is no validity in the comments of seniors and even my peers when they say "this year the j1/sec3/sec4 damn mug la. i dont remember mugging so hard when i was a j1/etc." sure, people have poor judgement of themselves and poor memory but i think the observation is true in some regard. (sigh) sometimes i actually wonder if there really is an alternative to studying. education is great but i dont really think many see the value of it anymore since it's nothing more than getting an A in the exams. what's the point of being so educated when it only makes one more self-centered, materialistic, blah blah.

aiya. maybe i'm being a bit cynical today. haha alright. let me change my tone a bit. I LOVE BEING A STUDENT! :D:D:D i love being a student for god because the central reason for education is to better mankind and, in due time bring god's love through what i do.

























Looks like spring has arrived here in ntu! such beautiful scene i saw when i reached school. hahaha and simin's dad was so funny! he said "the sweepers will sweep dao siao." hahaha. oh but they dont have to sweep them away... they look pretty on the ground like that.








well anyway, i went for this asian journalism fellowship economic seminar. it was a glimpse into how journalists have covered the economic crisis thus far and how in retrospect they have performed in predicting and warning people of this impending doom. i made a new friend on this trip. she's a master student in my school from beijing. it was interesting talking to her. and i am so intrigued by her views on the seminar. she didn't quite like the spokesman from peking university who spoke on how journalists covered the crisis in China. and it is surprising to me the kind of defiance ordinary people of china have toward the officials. and i feel puzzled about their non-action. perhaps things are more complex than how i see them. and i think they really are. my impression of china now after hearing this much from a local is that officials are self-centered, egocentric and don't quite care about their people. i'm not sure how muh of this i true, but i do hope im wrong.
i'm so mad at retail stores! i went to cut my hair today and the guy was eagerly trying to push me to buy something or get some kinda service. things that i dont need and dont want. then i went to another shop. again! they tried to push me to get certain packages. i dont want it! stop trying to sell me things i dont want and don't need! that's one big deterrence when i go to these shops. it makes me not want to go there again. and i wont. even though the hairdresser is quite charming. hai. i would've considered going back if not for how sales driven they are.